Xenoscapa is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. It consists of only three species distributed in Africa, and is closely related to the genera Freesia.Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning. 1995. Phylogeny of the African Genera Anomatheca and Freesia (Iridaceae: Ixioideae), and a New Genus Xenoscapa. Systematic Botany, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 161-178 The genus name is derived from the Greek words xenos, meaning "strange", and scapa, meaning "flowering stem".
Species The list of Xenoscapa species, with their complete name and authority, and their geographic distribution is given below.Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. World Checklist of Monocotyledons: Xenoscapa . Accessed May 16, 2009.
Xenoscapa fistulosa (Spreng. ex Klatt) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Syst. Bot. 20: 172 (1995). Distributed from Namibia to South Africa. Xenoscapa grandiflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Bothalia 41: 284 (2011). Namibia Xenoscapa uliginosa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, Syst. Bot. 20: 173 (1995). South Africa.
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